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Thank you for the great explanation of "skirting"! That makes a lot of sense. However, I only have about 6" between the neighbor fence and the back of the coop. Do you think a 6" skirting would be sufficient? That is the area the rodents are digging under.

I need your thoughts and experience. We have a 8x3 coop that we lock the girls in at night to protect them from predators, and occasionally they stay in this indoor/outdoor space all day if we are away. We are having trouble with rats digging into this space at night. Our soil is rocky...large...

Thanks for all the great ideas! I have a question regarding "poop boards" and Sweet PDZ. Being truly "California Girls", my hens perch in the outside part of their coop all year long. And, since they get up before me, is it a problem if they are walking and pacing all over the poop board and...

I need some ideas on how to keep down the smell in my chicken run. I have 4 hens in a suburban neighborhood. There coop is 10 x4 and their run is about 40x10. Raking the run seems silly, since they "rake" as they scratch all day long. But, would it help to rake? Lay down hay? What works for...

I have a 8 month old Ameracauna hen and I can't figure out what is wrong with her. Her comb is very pale, she is losing weight, she is losing feathers (neck/face/tail) and she hasn't laid an egg in about a month. She seems to have become the low girl on the pecking order too. She is eating...

In your photos giving your chickens an Ash bath, is that just plain ole' wood ash from a fire place, or is it something special? How often do you bath them? Not sure my hen has mites, but she has a pale comb, missing some feathers around her face, has lost weight, isn't laying eggs, keeps...

Wow! I didn't know to check for replys. I'm sorry it took me several months to reply! First of all, thank you for the greeting. We live in El Dorado Hills, a couple hours north of you, east of Sacramento. I still run out in my bathrobe in the wee mornings to let out the chickens, but the...

Brother in law: "Do you just go out in the backyard and pick the eggs?" Me: "Yes, from the eggplant, it is next to the tomato plant."

Brother in law: "Do you just go out in the backyard and pick the eggs?" Me: "Yes, from the eggplant, it is next to the tomato plant."

The behavior may change. I had one that was real mean to the others (Pike...short for Piccata) pecking at them on the perch, while eating, etc. No other hens wanted to be by her. They would run from her when she came near and she almost kept them herded. I was ready to have Chicken Piccata...

1 out of 4 ...it was a slow day, but 3 out of 4 the last two days ...it has definately been sporatic, but the Wyn's are outlaying the Amauricana's (way more brown eggs than blue)!

Thank you for your response and advice...sometimes it's hard to figure out what is going on in the coop. The pecking thing is weird. I believe that Dumpling was #2 in the pecking order and Alfreda was #4 (being picked on and "pecked" on and sleeping off the perch) and now Dumpling is off the...

I'm new to the wonderful world of chickens, and just want to know what is normal. I have 4 hens, 2 Ameraucanas and 2 Silver Laced Wyns that are about 7 months old. About 2 weeks ago my Ameraucana (Dumpling) stopped laying eggs. The others have slowed down to 3 a week, but have not stopped...

It has been a week since the hanging and Marsala (Marsy) seems to be doing well. She seemed a little off for the first hour or two after the incident, but since has been acting normal. I think she even laid her first egg! Who would have thought one would do so well after piercing her neck...

Greetings from Northern California. Me, along with my four chickens (Marsala, Piccata, Alfreda and Dumpling) are new members! I have been on this forum and seeking information from this site since April when we first embarked on the chicken journey! It has been fun, but not always easy...

Thank you. Unfortunately the hook went all the way through the bottom of her mouth (behind the beak) and out the other side. Maybe it is comparabable to a person being peirced through a cheek. It did bleed, but seems to have stopped. Again, her behavior seems to be pretty normal which really...

It is a hard day in chickenworld today! Not only do I have an obsessed escapee who won't stop screaming and putting herself in harms way, but my 5 month old hen just hung herself by the lip! She jumped up to "eat" the wire hook that holds the cage door open when the girls free range. The hook...